The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/1/24

Good morning, kids. Happy and healthy new year to you all! Over the years, as I've become politically conscious, I've learned to dread election years. Whether it was the Democrat-Leftist propaganda machine sliming our candidates, and then later on discovering the awful truth that "our candidates" were just kabuki-bukkake eunuch frauds, Simon & Garfunkel's lyric about "every way you look at it you lose" went from hippie generation pop tune to emmes truth.

That is, until Donald Trump descended the Trump Tower escalator over eight years ago. Or more accurately, when what I cynically thought at that moment to be a farcical publicity stunt proved over the course of three incredible years to be a pivotal moment of actual hope for revival and reversal of the trajectory that Trump's predecessor – who no doubt still runs the show behind the scenes – had put the nation on. In point of fact, we had always been on that road that took us over a cliff, as my realization about the nature of the GOP I think shows. What Obama did was switch vehicles from a Corvair to a Lamborghini. And then he floored the accelerator.

On the other hand Trump, if not succeeding in throwing it in reverse, was to be the first Republican president to slam on the brakes and put a halt to the insanity. At least temporarily. Of course, Obama and his acolytes and comrades were not going to allow that. He's part and parcel of the counter-American Revolution that took almost a century to rot us out from within and put absolute power in his and his fellow travelers' hands. That was the other eye-opening moment; the in-your-face shredding of even the tiniest modicum of ethics and featly to the rule of law that exposed corruption not only in Congress but in our legal and judicial systems and vast swathes of the soon-to-be-extinct private sector. All because these degenerates crave absolute power.

It's out in the open. Despite the fact that the Left is wearing the rapidly decomposing skin-suit of liberty's defenders, they have no compunction. There is no nakedly criminal, banana republic act, nor red line which they will not cross to destroy our nation, or whatever's left of it, to transform it and wipe out anyone who stands in their way. That means us. Whether or not regular order and elections mean anything anymore, and readers of this column for any length of time over the past several years know that I believe they don't (on the national level anyway), at the very least, you'd think or you'd hope that there'd be an opposition party that is every bit as committed to going to the mattresses, as it were, to fight even a losing battle with the same kind of fury and anger that the Left does when in those increasingly rare occasions they have the shit end of the stick.

Here's just the latest example of having even a tiny bit of hope in that regard is a sucker's bet:

Detransitioner Chloe Cole had some tough words to offer Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine days after he shot down a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors in his state, lambasting his decision for allegedly being “complicit” in the “sterilization and mutilation” of children.
“Parents don’t have a right to abuse their children. This is no different from any form of abuse,” Cole said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.” “This is the sterilization and mutilation of thousands of children happening within a state that is being entirely complicit in the choice to continue this.”
DeWine, a Republican, vetoed the GOP-backed Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act on Friday, sparking outrage from conservatives who blasted him as a “coward” for his decision. The bill would have banned gender-affirming procedures for minors in the Buckeye State and would have additionally barred transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
“Were I to sign Substitute House Bill 68 or were Substitute House Bill 68 to become law, Ohio would be saying that the State, that the government, knows what is best medically for a child rather than the two people who love that child the most, the parents,” DeWine said in his veto message. He additionally cited the “profound” consequences the bill could have on children struggling with gender dysphoria as well as their families and said his decision boiled down to input from parents who believed their children’s lives depended on the treatment they received.
Cole, who formerly took steps to complete a female-to-male transition and has since been among the most outspoken critics against gender-affirming care for minors, claimed DeWine’s veto came just days after she shared her story with him during a Zoom call. . . “He knows just how horrific this is to do to children. His decision to continue this… it’s not just a matter of pure incompetence or ignorance.”

She's right. It's a matter of pure, fucking graft:

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio received thousands of dollars in donations from donors who provided transgender medical services or opposed efforts to ban the procedures for minors.
DeWine vetoed House Bill 68 on Friday, which would have prohibited doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors and banned boys from competing in girls’ sports, just hours before the deadline. A review of donations from 2018 to 2023 found that the governor received $40,300 from the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association (OCHA), Cincinnati Children’s, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and ProMedica Children’s Hospital, all of whom support transgender medical care.
OCHA donated $10,000 to the Mike DeWine and Jon Husted Transition Fund on Dec. 28, 2018, and another $10,000 on Dec. 7, 2022, according to the report. A transition fund allows candidates to spend donations for “transition activities and inaugural celebrations,” according to Ohio’s campaign finance handbook.
Cincinnati Children’s, an affiliate of OCHA, donated $300 on Dec. 15, 2022, to the fund and ProMedica, another affiliate of OCHA, also donated $10,000 in December 2018, according to the reports. Nationwide Children’s, a third affiliate with OCHA, donated $5,000 in December 2018 and another $5,000 in January 2023 to the transition fund.

It's one thing if this Swifty Lazar-looking stooge truly believed the crap that some flunky wrote for him. That would be bad enough insofar as we're supposed to be the party of sanity and normalcy, opposed to this insanity of equating child mutilation with that of being Rosa Parks, or keeping men who tuck their junk the hell out of girls locker rooms, where their junk magically springs to life.

But Mike DeWine has no principles. He takes payoffs and pretends to be concerned "for the children." Bad enough our election system is at best compromised and at worst rigged in advance for Democrats. But to be saddled with unmitigated scumbags like this guy is just the bitter end.

With that, I welcome you to 2024. If 2020 didn't finish us off completely, this year certainly will which is why I have dreaded it almost since the day Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants was installed almost three years ago. But, as we discussed on the 2023 Year in Review podcast, we can never know the future. Our enemies hold the high ground and then some, but they are not infallible. I sense a change in the mood of the nation in its entirety, even across political lines among reasonable people who have had enough of the past three years and want no more of it.

Elections, rigged elections or no elections, change is coming. Buckle up, kids.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Clarice Feldman: "While it seems unlikely that 2024 will be better than this one has been, there are some reasons for optimism."
Happy New Year, Anyway
"Goodbye, 2023; Hello, 2024."
A Reckoning Approaches
"A conversation with Shelby and Eli Steele."
Race, Innocence, and Power
Roger Kimball: "Benevolence is a curious creature. Its operation tends to be more beneficent the more specific it is."
The Pitfalls of Benevolence: Unpacking the Toxic Mix of Universal Good Intentions and Political Correctness in the New Year

ISRAEL AT WAR

"According to the Cumta Telegram channel, which tracks Israel’s Red Alert system, the barrage targeted the cities along the corridor from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, just seconds after 12:00 a.m."
"Palestinian" Terrorists Ring in New Year 2024 with Rocket Barrage at Israeli Cities
Ynet News: “Advanced weapons include precise missiles, surface to air missiles and air defenses transported mostly via Damascus airport which has come under repeated strikes attributed to Israel.”
Israel at War: Iran Steps Up Delivery of Advanced Weaponry to Hezbollah Terror Group
"Israeli-American recounts what it was like entering the battlefield in southern Israel."
Meet the Chicago Jew Who Dropped Everything to Go Fight Hamas
"Decoupling Israel from the shackles of Washington’s dealers would yield far more peace and
prosperity."
Israel’s Opium Addiction
"The Israeli government is considering relocating some Gazans to Latin America. Better late than never?" (Cuba FTW! - jjs)
What if There’s a Real Solution in Gaza?
"Israel winning its war against Iran’s proxies in the Gaza Strip is an opportunity to implement reforms necessary for reconciliation and long-term peace."
The Saudi Road to Peace
Robert Spencer: ". . . the international media is far too uncritical when reporting from Palestinian sources. The low opinion that Western leftists generally have of Israel is a direct result of the negative coverage the Jewish state routinely gets in the establishment media, and that coverage depends in large part on what Palestinians tell Western journalists. Whoever Sabreen/Salwa/Manar/Tasnim/Afnan/anonymous really is, she could end up putting more than a few innocent people in danger."
The Girl With Six Identities

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"This incident is part of a series of acts of public unrest carried out by pro-"Palestinian" and pro-Hamas [degenerate vermin] in the United States since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas conflict."
Pro-"Palestinian" Scum Deface Lincoln Memorial with Red Paint
“And they say some of their support comes from Democratic Party insiders and elected officials who have offered their backing behind the scenes, but are avoiding ‘front-facing roles’ . . . ”
Muslim Leaders Hold an #AbandonBiden Conference in Chicago
Local journalist Jonathan Choe said, "THE BIG ONE: They’re trying to take over the Space Needle. Unless the Mayor and cops publicly come out and say they’re prepared to handle the pro- Hamas activists, this is just another reason to stay away from Seattle on New Year’s Eve. You’ve been warned. #Seattle"
Pro-Hamas Nazis Vow to Sack Seattle's Space Needle on New Year's Eve
Speaking at the UIC campus during a Muslim Student Association sermon on the Friday following the October 7 massacre, student Sadik Froukh expressed his personal joy over the wholesale slaughter of innocent Israelis — mostly civilians. “Today, I stand here on the pulpit to give a sermon with a smile on my face, although it may not show,” he said. “[I am] standing here with pride, honor, dignity, and happiness with the recent events that have been going on in the past six days, which everybody has heard of.” (Be a real tragedy if his house burned down and he had to put the flames out on the backs of his family - jjs)
WATCH: University Of Illinois Chicago Student Lauds "Courageous" Hamas for Oct. 7 Massacre: "Brought Pride to Islamic Nation"
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"The numbers are drawn from police crime statistics, which reveal more than 8,590 reported cases of rape and sexual assault by migrants. Over 90 percent of victims of sexual crimes are female."
REPORT: Over 7,000 German Women Raped or Assaulted by Migrants Since 2015
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"It's long overdue for the good Rabbi to shed himself of his willful blindness."
Rabbi Shmuley, Meet the Rabidly Jew-Hating "World’s Most Influential Muslim"

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"The spree continued with the burning of St. Gabriel Catholic Mission in Janvier on December 15th. This was followed by the suspected arson of a Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Beiseker on December 20th."
4 Canadian Churches Burned Before Christmas
COLORADO'S DISGUSTING REMOVAL OF TRUMP FROM 2024 BALLOT
Raskin said, “Well, finally, the Supreme Court has developed what they’re describing as a code of ethics. It’s not binding in the sense that they’re not going to anyone else. They could have gone to for example, circuit court justices, so they’re deciding for themselves again whether they’re in violation of their code of ethics.”
Scumbag Raskin: Clarence Thomas Should Recuse Himself from Trump-14th Amendment Decision
“This is hyper-partisanship on full display. A Secretary of State APPOINTED by legislative Democrats bans President Trump from the 2024 ballot so that she can jockey for position in the 2026 Democrat Primary for Governor. Banana Republic isn’t just a store at the mall,” he said.
‘Raw Partisanship’: Republican Moves to Impeach Maine Secretary of State After Trump Kicked Off Ballot
"Funny how a statue from another century is a sign of hatred that must be smelted, but mimicking the Confederate chicanery of banning their political foe is somehow acceptable."
Facepalm: Confederate Statues Bad, Confederate Ballot Banning . . . Good?
"The establishment’s attempts to stop Trump by any means available are so blatantly absurd and have only become increasingly so."
A Nation on the Brink: Ballot Challenges Against Trump Must Be Forcefully Condemned
"Imagine the hubris to literally suspend democracy — actual democracy, not Democracy™ — outside of legitimate authority, as a non-elected technocrat, and then have the audacity to assume the role of put-upon victim while simultaneously basking in the limelight as a #Resistance hero. This is really sick stuff, but sadly a perfect microcosm of the state of affairs in American politics."
WATCH: Maine Secretary of State Cries About Death Threats
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The indictment is “unlawful and unconstitutional,” said Trump’s legal team, arguing the district court’s order should be reversed and Smith’s case dismissed because the former president is being subject to a double jeopardy violation.
Jack Smith Urges Appeals Court To Reject Trump’s Immunity Defense
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"2024 will be a fascinating election year indeed if this nonsense is allowed to stand. But even if SCOTUS strikes it down, how much longer can our country hold together when such ridiculous people already hold so much power? Or, more to the point, when our population places such ridiculous people in power?"
The New Rules Dictate That Biden Be Struck From the Ballot With the 25th Amendment
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“We are grateful to the Fairfax police officers who were highly professional and supportive in responding to this harassment.”
George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley Swatted at His Virginia Home
"A petition campaign against ACA7, an underhanded bill to repeal the state’s equality-supporting Proposition 209 based on The Science™."
The Fight to Stop California Politicians from Enshrining Racism in State’s Constitution
“The FBI Headquarters should not be moved to a far away location, but should stay right where it is, in a new and spectacular building … They should be involved in bringing back D.C., not running away from it…”
Trump Influencers Hardest Hit After He Calls for ‘New and Spectacular’ FBI Building in Washington, D.C.
"According to him, much of the backlash emerged from the stereotype that 'Black people can’t manage money.'”
The Loser of the Year: Ibram X. "Krement" Kendi
"Forget whatever you think about former president and current GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. This isn’t about him, even though Kinzinger is obsessed with him. No, this is about Kinzinger believing he is the arbiter of which people are truly or not followers of the Christian faith."
Asshole Adam Kinzinger Bashes Christian Trump Supporters: "You Don't Understand Your Own Religion"
"One of the ways in which our liberal friends advertise their virtue is their support of the global 'decolonization' movement."
How to Understand the Woke Colonization Project
"The struggle comes down to the question of authority."
2024: Freedom or Tyranny?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“The FCC is dishonestly claiming that it is promoting equity and fairness. However, the FCC is just seizing control over business decisions, funneling resources to politically preferred constituencies.”
Biden’s FCC is Adopting New ‘Diversity’ Rules to Take Control of the Internet
"“Woke are always scared of the truth. The standard you probably violated was ‘telling the truth.’ They have to punish that” . . . “Trying to protect children from getting abused goes against Facebook’s standards. Mark Zuckerberg has never had morals.”
"Censorship Is Ramping Up": Facebook Suspends Libs of TikTok for "Going Against Community Standards"
"What kind of city do they have over there amid all the bums and poop maps?"
San Francisco Goes Full Mao, Forces Asian-American Rapper to Issue Groveling Apology for Criticizing Mayor
Robert Spencer: "The establishment media, however, has long since made it clear that it is not at all interested in reporting the facts. The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and all the rest of them are just propaganda arms for the hard left, reflecting whatever view that the political elites want you to hold on any given issue. And so the low number of Republicans in the Syracuse University study is not what’s surprising. What’s surprising is that, amid all the propaganda and misinformation coming from today’s media outlets, there is even one patriotic journalist."
Number of Journalists Saying They’re Republicans Hits Record Low
"Welcome to the dystopian clown show."
Video: Jean-Pierre’s Best of the Worst of 2023
"The conversation about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) has now passed from the halls of nerdism to the House of Representatives and industry and has landed squarely on America's kitchen table."
No Man is a Digital Island
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The lies coming from Biden and the press will come fast and furious in the coming months as the false promises of 'Bidenomics' become more apparent."
Bidenomics Bogus Will Unravel In 2024
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"When you combine horror stories like this one with: range anxiety that pops up any time the weather isn’t perfect; the lack of charging infrastructure; the unreliability of the infrastructure that does exist; the non-recyclability of the battery materials; the increasing restrictions on charging due to the massive load EVs place on the grid; and all the other significant issues EV makers have yet to address, you see an industry that is almost doomed to failure before it really gets up and running."
The One Simple Reason Electric Vehicles are Doomed to Fail
"Today’s ‘climate change’ communism is just another iteration of the King Cotton economy."
Ending the Democrats’ "Plantation World Order"
"Black '47 was not a how-to manual."
"Dying to Save the Planet," by Clarice Feldman
"The scientific basis of climate change theory is junk science made to seem authoritative by dressing it up with lengthy reports based on dubious computer models."
Junk Climate Science
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“Mexico is very interesting. They came to me—we were having a lot of people come in as soon as I got there, through Obama they were coming in very substantially but nothing like today. In history, there’s been anything like this,” Trump said. “In any country, there’s never been a migration like this. It’s an invasion—and it’s a migration of civilization into our country. Take a look at the mental institutions all throughout the world. They’re empty. Some are literally empty and some are down 50, 60, 70 percent. They’re all here.”
Donald Trump: Biden Allowing "Invasion" at Border, a "Migration of Civilization into Our Country"
“And, frankly, the strategy that these red state governors have had of sending a lot of these migrants up to blue states has worked from a political perspective.”
XiNN Woefully Notes That GOP Govs Busing Illegal Immigrants to Democrat-Run Cities "Has Worked From a Political Perspective"
"With more than 20,000 migrants arriving in Chicago since last year, Johnson has sounded the alarm about the struggle to take care of so many people as have mayors in other big cities such as New York and Washington, D.C." (When you have zero excuses, zero defense and zero shame, just cry "racism!" - jjs)
Marxist, Incompetent Chicago Mayor Claims Texas Governor Clinging to "Vestiges" of Confederacy With Migrant Transports
"What chance will Joe Biden’s millions of illegal immigrants have in this country?"
The Center’s Not Holding. What Center?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Federal prosecutors said on Friday that they will not hold a second trial against Bankman-Fried, claiming there was a public interest in a resolution to the Bankman-Fried case."
Justice Department Covering for "Deep State" by Not Charging Gargantuan Leftwing Dem Donor Sam "Bank-Fraud" Bankman-Fried
"He had the right progressive politics, but now people are afraid to go out on the street."
Will the Pendulum Shift Against Gascon in California?
"Unless punishment ensues, thieves will keep stealing goods and praying that they don’t stumble across Rober’s latest retaliatory invention."
‘GlitterBomb’ Creator Mark Rober Is Doing More To Foil Crime Than Democrat Cities Like San Francisco
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Judge Stephen Locher, appointed by President Joe Biden, ruled that an Iowa law, approved by Republican Governor Kim Reynolds earlier this year, was “unreasonable” and “puritanical.” The judge did allow a provision in the law that required schools to tell parents if a child was using pronouns different to the child’s biological sex.
Judge Blocks Iowa Law Keeping Sexually Explicit Books Out of Schools
"Cultivating a new breed of moral intellectual."
Re-Envisioning the University
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The admission is stunning given the warnings from anti-lockdown advocates during the [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID-19 pandemic, and the claims from NIH officials and others that they were simply “following the science,” and that those worried about knock-on effects were conspiracy theorists or death-mongers.
WATCH: Fauci’s COVID Boss, NIH Chief Francis Collins, Confesses Lockdown Damage Was "Another Mistake We Made"
"In this particular case, the mass, which did not appear infected, was 3 cm in diameter. Doctors confirmed it as pilomatrixoma upon its surgical removal. The researchers noted that the tumor did not recur after surgery."
REPORT: [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID Vax Caused Tumor in 65-Year-Old
". . . the public — even in left-wing California — has become deeply suspicious of mask mandates, not least because the politicians who impose them are often the first to flout them." (Call me when even Lefties tell their own leaders to get fucked and defy the edicts - jjs)
Pandemic Forever: L.A. County Reinstates Health Care Facility Mask Mandate
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Amid frequent mass shootings across the United States, left-wing activist groups and Democrats have sought to pass legislation that would restrict the availability of guns to persons by imposing administrative requirements to own them, such as background checks. Many of these were opposed by Republicans and conservative activist groups through litigation, with those measures being as follows."
Day-Ending-in-Y Dept.: Democrats Sought Major Curbs on Gun Rights In 2023
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"DeWine vetoed House Bill 68 on Friday, which would have prohibited doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors and banned boys from competing in girls’ sports, just hours before the deadline. A review of donations from 2018 to 2023 found that the governor received $40,300 from the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association (OCHA), Cincinnati Children’s, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and ProMedica Children’s Hospital, all of whom support transgender medical care."
GOP Gov Mike DeSwine Who Vetoed Trans Bills Received Over $40,000 From Children’s Hospitals Supporting Sex Change Procedures
According to ABC News, "Clinton's name is also expected to be unsealed in filings surrounding separate efforts by Maxwell and Giuffre to compel Epstein to answer questions." Attorneys for each of the "Does" were allowed to preview the court documents with their clients' names on them and afforded the opportunity to argue for keeping the records sealed. "Clinton's legal team, after reviewing the excerpts, did not lodge any objections to the publication of the documents, according to Preska's order last month," ABC News reported.
Can You Guess Who Will Be Outed as ‘Doe 36’ in Jeffrey Epstein’s Court Documents?
POLITICS
"Proof positive Biden has failed beyond redemption. And no, it’s not due to sinister disinformation plots. Or Russian meddling. The [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] own policies are responsible."
New Year’s Day Reveals Biden’s 2023 Failures Will Only Get Worse in 2024
"The polling results published over the past few months suggest that Trump is currently the favorite to win next year’s election."
What’s Behind Biden’s Sliding Poll Numbers?
"A nutty cycle."
These are the Important Dates to Know for the Jam-Packed Election Year in 2024
"What a bubble the liberal media must live in to think that Biden has never had a brain freeze, taken a fall, or spoken gibberish. Are they really so insulated from reality that they don't realize the reason why the White House has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect Biden from certain mishaps? Apparently so. But when you read between the lines, it's clear that NBC News realizes that whether Biden stays in or drops out, it's a huge gamble for the Democrats because Biden had the audacity to seek a second term when people had been speculating for years he wasn't going to seek reelection in the first place."
Whoa! NBC News Admits That Biden is a Huge Gamble for the Democrats
"Nikki Haley’s flagrant defiance of the Constitution’s textual prerogative, if allowed to continue, will thrust all that remains of the Framers’ now-enervated handiwork into inexorably aimless waters."
The Constitution Absolutely Prohibits Nikki Haley From Being President of Vice President
Idan similarly lambasted those who disparaged Israel on college campuses over the Hamas-Israel war. “I want them to see the horror that caused the war on Gaza. The world is shouting ‘Free Palestine’ and it was never about freeing 'Palestine'. This is not about freeing 'Palestine' — killing innocent families and burning them alive. This is not freeing 'Palestine', this is terrorism,” Idan told Israeli media, The Times of Israel reported.
Dem Congressional Candidate Sarah Idan Running for Adam Schiff-for-Brains' Seat Plans to Be the "Anti-Squad"
Thad McCotter: "Knowing that any advice I offer the Left will be derided and disregarded, I will stick to trying to ameliorate the ulcers and angst my fellow Republican populists will endure in the coming year."
A New Year’s Resolution for 2024?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"It is the first time that the U.S. military has killed Houthi crews in response to attack on commercial vessels and U.S. ships in the Red Sea since they began in October. There have been at least 23 attacks by the Houthis on commercial vessels since then, with some of them causing damage."
U.S. Navy Engages in Fight with Houthis, Sinking Three Boats and Killing Crews
"Iran’s mullahs hate us for allowing ourselves to be deceived."
Reject Iran’s Lies

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"The Japan Meteorological Agency reported quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 p.m., one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the western coast of the island of Honshu."
Japan Issues TsunamiWarnings After Series of Powerful Earthquakes, Residents Urged to Flee to High Land
"Tensions between China and Taiwan are increasingly high as the CCP continues to issue threats of forcible takeover with recent reports showing that Xi Jinping has ordered the Chinese military to invade the island nation and attempt to recapture Taiwan by 2027. This is according to Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns."
CCP Leader Xi Jinping Vows to "Reunify" Taiwan with Mainland Chine in Year-End Address
"The PRC has adopted a sustained coercive campaign against the Philippines to seize its sovereign territory. The world is witnessing this aggression today in the South China Sea."
The PRC’s Aggression Is Happening Now Against the Philippines
Hungary is the last place – certainly in Europe – where people can speak their minds. A country still led by elected politicians, not ruled by a bureaucratic deep state. The rest of the continent has sunk into a swamp of harmful self-deception and tragic lies. Obviously, Hungary alone cannot pull our civilization out of the “neoliberal global order’s” swamp of despair. The key is an international alliance of national forces, that should form the basis of the Right’s resilience. (Not "last" but for sure one of the few if not only - jjs)
This Country Knows How To Stop The Woke Mind Virus
"The Monroe Doctrine is the blueprint for returning to a realistic grand strategy that can preserve American liberty from threats foreign and domestic."
200 Years Later, the Monroe Doctrine is Still the Best Protector of U.S. Interests
"The United States must set a clear timeline for Europe to assume the burdens of its own defense." (And pay us back a couple trillion for the past 75 years we floated their asses - jjs)
The Path to a "Dormant NATO"
"Cuba is withering today but the communists still have the guns and the tanks to keep everybody in line."
65 Years of Communism and Destruction
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"The outbreak of a hot war in Ukraine in February 2022 commenced as a highly mobile one, with attempts by Russian forces to take the capital Kyiv reaching the outskirts of the city in a matter of hours. This in turn was pushed back rapidly, along with fresh territorial gains by Russia in the East cancelled out by a Ukrainian counterattack from Kharkiv by May 2022."
In 2023, WWI-Style Trench Warfare Came Back to Europe in Ukraine
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"States like California, Michigan, Illinois, Washington and Colorado are enacting laws pushing LGBTQ issues on their residents, as well as various restrictions to residents’ behavior that attempt to limit emissions or damage to the environment. Blue states are also targeting gun rights and expanding protections for illegal aliens."
Blue States Prepare to Enact Slew of Left-Wing Laws in 2024
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"The patient is in critical condition and cannot be expected to survive."
A Health Care Checkup on Justin Castreau-cescu's Canada
"There are some common-sense limitations we need to put on the industry."
It’s Time to Debunk the Marijuana Myth
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Robert Zimmerman: "I repeat my prediction from November: No launch until March, at the earliest. The federal government continues to stand in the way of progress, and freedom."
SpaceX successfully completes static fire tests of both Superheavy and Starship
"This is a barter deal, with no exchange of money."
Russia and NASA agree to extend ISS astronaut exchanges on each other’s spacecraft through 2025
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“They must meet certain criteria, including declaring their new gender identity, completing gender reassignment surgery and regular hormone testing.”
USA Boxing to Allow Transgender Women (aka Men) to Box Against Actual Women
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Robert Zimmerman: "If this interpretation is accepted in any way by the Biden [junta], it will give all American Indian tribes the legal power to claim as their own every single square inch of the entire United States, by simply claiming they worship the Earth itself."
Navaho Indians Attempt to Claim Ownership of the Moon, Delay Vulcan Launch
Christian Toto: "Neal Brennan shares 'disaffected liberal' status, slams progressive purity tests."
‘Chappelle Co-Creator: Doing Show Today Would Be "Pain in the Ass"
Robert Spencer: "What exactly do our contemporary public buildings reflect?"
Remember When Public Buildings Were Beautiful?
HITHER & YON
"Johnny Carson was a longtime fan of Greene. The comedian made 40 appearances on The Tonight Show, on which he also served as a guest host. He also appeared on The Merv Griffin Show, where he also guest-hosted."
Shecky Greene Dies: Legendary Las Vegas Comedian Was 97
"Yarborough achieved 83 victories throughout his 31-year racing career, including three consecutive Cup Series titles in 1976, 1977 and 1978, as well as four Daytona 500 wins in 1968, 1977, 1983 and 1984, the outlet reported."
NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough Dies at 84
Roger Kimball: "Benevolence is a curious creature. Its operation tends to be more beneficent the more specific it is."
The Pitfalls of Benevolence: Unpacking the Toxic Mix of Universal Good Intentions and Political Correctness in the New Year

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:49 AM

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1 First for 2024. Happy New Year!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 07:49 AM (x0n13)

2 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 01, 2024 07:50 AM (NBVIP)

3 Happy New Year again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2024 07:52 AM (ju2Fy)

4 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 07:52 AM (hH3Px)

5 Happy New Year and praise God His mercies endure forever!

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 01, 2024 07:53 AM (gxokI)

6 BOING!

Happy tax year!

Now I've ruined it for everyone.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 07:53 AM (ch/kO)

7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 07:55 AM (Q4IgG)

8 Pro-"Palestinian" Scum Deface Lincoln Memorial with Red Paint

They and their dem compatriots have always been advocates for slavery, so makes sense.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 07:55 AM (ynpvh)

9 Girthy Morning Report ya got there, J.J. Thanks!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 07:56 AM (ynpvh)

10 What?!! No day off- J.J? Even for New Year's Day?

Thanks for your hard work,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 07:56 AM (f90ru)

11 Good morning Morons and Happy New Year. Welcome to the first day of 2024.

Posted by: vic at January 01, 2024 07:56 AM (A5THL)

12 Happy New Year and Happy Birthday, J.J.!

Thanks for all your hard work in bringing us a condensed version of the news around the world.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 07:58 AM (BpYfr)

13

No fear's going to stop a hearty HAPPY NEW YEAR, to all.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 07:59 AM (HO/bY)

14 Good morning again dear morons and gracias JJ

Praying for your good health, peace, and prosperity

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2024 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

15 Scumbag Raskin: Clarence Thomas Should Recuse Himself from Trump-14th Amendment Decision

It's quite easy to see the conflicts-of-interest quite a few of the lefty SCOTUS members have engaged in by adjudicating certain cases. Crickets. The right should do this same tack to those justices, but they're not swayed by exposure of their hypocricy, just like the lower court judges handling Trump's cases or the J6 cases.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 07:59 AM (ynpvh)

16 Happy New Year JJ and everyone here.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 01, 2024 08:00 AM (sOA7y)

17 But Mike DeWine has no principles. He takes payoffs and pretends to be concerned "for the children."

He should be prosecuted and in jail.

Posted by: vic at January 01, 2024 08:00 AM (A5THL)

18 7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Yonda lies da castle ah my fodder.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (HO/bY)

19 I claim Uranus as a holey site.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

20 19 I claim Uranus as a holey site.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

He enjoys Klingons. He like it rough.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:02 AM (ynpvh)

21 15 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 07:59 AM (ynpvh)

Two right off the top of my balding pate:

1-Elena Kagan, who was Obama's solicitor general and argued the mandates before the court did not recuse when she came to SCOTUS and Roberts declared it a tax. In fact, that's probably why Obama appointed her.

2-Ruth Bader-Meinhoff was the general counsel of Planned Parenthood for 20 years and she never recused herself in any abortion case during her entire career.

That's just two right there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:03 AM (x0n13)

22 "One of the ways in which our liberal friends advertise their virtue is their support of the global 'decolonization' movement."

--

They aren't our liberal friends. I wish they would stop being referred to as such. They are flat out enemies. Enemies of America. Enemies of anyone not of the body. They are destructive, horrible, evil people. They are not our liberal friends.

Happy New Year, Horde.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2024 08:03 AM (4RMpV)

23 10 What?!! No day off- J.J? Even for New Year's Day?

Thanks for your hard work,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 07:56 AM (f90ru)

Happy New Year Fen… let’s keep the Faith this year!!

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:04 AM (PCK5/)

24
Just when you think things will stay the same, they don't.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:04 AM (3qE2b)

25 I caught some of the TCM dead people run down yesterday and had no idea Richard Roundtree died. Apparently he passed in October from pancreatic cancer at age 81.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (4RMpV)

26 Yonda lies da castle ah my fodder.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (HO/bY)
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Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/u4-QUj57vVU

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (ch/kO)

27 This year, Justice will come. I can feel it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

28 Happy New Year!

I hope 2024 will be better than last year.

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (88xKn)

29 I sense that this will be the most politically savage and socially rupturing year in a long time, maybe ever. I'd like to think some redeeming outcome is possible. However the evil in our government and politics may be too deeply rooted and the moral rot in our citizenry too vast for such optimism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 08:06 AM (AJKwF)

30 17 He should be prosecuted and in jail.
Posted by: vic at January 01, 2024 08:00 AM (A5THL)

Why so lenient? ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:06 AM (x0n13)

31 As my wife and I headed to bed last night she mentioned her trepidation for '24 being an election year and all. She's about as apolitical as anyone I know, so her saying that was a bit of a surprise.

And, she's not wrong.

I think this year we'll see the left's lawfare turn to outright warfare.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 08:06 AM (Q4IgG)

32
"Happy New Year's" they say
Another year's gone away
It may sound depressing
So count all your blessings
And be happy you're still not gay

Posted by: fd, still not gay at January 01, 2024 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

33 I claim Uranus as a holey site.
Posted by: Pete Bootygig at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)
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Didn't Pete major in asstronomy? Or was that a minor?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 08:08 AM (ch/kO)

34 DeWine the myopic little dwarf was my governor for 7 years and I'm happy to say no longer is. He's one of the reasons we left OH for saner living. He was piss poor before the covid lockdowns but downright prog lite now. Cannot believe that OH residents keep electing him. Only consolation I guess is that Cinci, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland and Akron haven't cheated a dem prog into the statehouse.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:09 AM (2NHgQ)

35 Feeling Spoke -

Reply to your Newton quote @120 previous thread.
Wish I could bring it forward for all but best I can do on this here phone is one finger type.
Copy/paste? Hah! Phone just laughs.

Posted by: Teej at January 01, 2024 08:10 AM (3K/9t)

36 Happy New Year, everyone! May the day be a good one for you all despite life's best efforts.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2024 08:10 AM (LK7gP)

37 21 15 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 07:59 AM (ynpvh)

Two right off the top of my balding pate:

1-Elena Kagan, who was Obama's solicitor general and argued the mandates before the court did not recuse when she came to SCOTUS and Roberts declared it a tax. In fact, that's probably why Obama appointed her.

2-Ruth Bader-Meinhoff was the general counsel of Planned Parenthood for 20 years and she never recused herself in any abortion case during her entire career.

That's just two right there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:03 AM (x0n13)

3-Justice Sonia Sotomayor received money from book publisher Penguin Random House for her book but did not recuse herself from cases involving the publisher. but then-Justice Stephen Breyer, who reportedly had also received money from the publisher, recused himself from the case.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:10 AM (ynpvh)

38 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Happy New Year.

Verse for the Day:
"But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

–Matthew 6:33-34

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:11 AM (SAX5G)

39 Happy New Year

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:11 AM (lwOKI)

40 38 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Happy New Year.

Verse for the Day:
"But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

–Matthew 6:33-34
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:11 AM (SAX5G)

Very Timely… thank you..

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:11 AM (PCK5/)

41 27 This year, Justice will come. I can feel it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

If it's the DOJ, locking the door and pulling the shades won't work...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:12 AM (ynpvh)

42 34 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:09 AM (2NHgQ)

Wasn't there a Mike DeWine who was a congress-critter? Are they related or is it the same guy but different office?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:12 AM (x0n13)

43 Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

–Matthew 6:33-34
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:11 AM (SAX5G)

Biden Admin Slogan

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:13 AM (lwOKI)

44 I sense that this will be the most politically savage and socially rupturing year in a long time, maybe ever. I'd like to think some redeeming outcome is possible. However the evil in our government and politics may be too deeply rooted and the moral rot in our citizenry too vast for such optimism.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 08:06 AM (AJKwF)

I have this perverse sense that it will be The Year That Goes Too Far. The year when the average dope looks at the "platform", such as it is, of both "sides" from which they are forced to pretend to choose their overlord, and says No More. The Red Ties, standing for nothing more or less than corruption and theft? Or the Blue Ties, standing for corruption, theft, and death? This will be the year when the public at large gets out of control, out from under the thumb of the pantomime overlords whose power exists solely through the indifference and good nature of the public.

Or not. Who knows.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:13 AM (9UlRk)

45 Fenelon you stupid auto-c. You should know who she is by now. Known the world over, she is.

Posted by: Teej at January 01, 2024 08:13 AM (3K/9t)

46 San Francisco Goes Full Mao, Forces Asian-American Rapper to Issue Groveling Apology for Criticizing Mayor

Yes, Freedom of Speech was great when it lasted. You will apologize to your betters, prole!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:13 AM (ynpvh)

47 And now the old year's out the door
And (mostly) put behind
We turn to deal with '24
Try not to lose your mind

Try not to lose your mind, my friend
Try not to lose your mind
'Cause even though it's more of 2-0
There may be good to find

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at January 01, 2024 08:14 AM (Px5D+)

48 Wasn't there a Mike DeWine who was a congress-critter? Are they related or is it the same guy but different office?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Same same J.J. Was a rep during the 80's.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:14 AM (SAX5G)

49 "With more than 20,000 migrants arriving in Chicago since last year"

That's about two days worth. What a bunch of whiners.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

50 - we want a happy new year
- we'll settle for a survivable new year

- we'll get 2024

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, for certain values of sock, rat, & Eez ... at January 01, 2024 08:15 AM (kc18b)

51 "With more than 20,000 migrants arriving in Chicago since last year"

That's about two days worth. What a bunch of whiners.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:14 AM (vFG9F)
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Bring back Mayor Daily!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 08:16 AM (ch/kO)

52 DeColonize America, not a legal citizen - get out, all Visas and Green Cards will be reviewed, all EBT grants will be reviewed, all video of anti-American demonstrations will be reviewed and participants will be immediately deported along with illegal entrants. that's Day 1

Day 2 we start with bureaucrats.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 08:16 AM (HO/bY)

53 I saw Kabuki-Bukkaki Eunuch Frauds open for The Sex Pistols at The Cavern Club in 87'

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 01, 2024 08:17 AM (WPHuI)

54 Pancakes with real butter and real maple syrup and a side of bacon.

Happy New Year!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:17 AM (R/m4+)

55 Pancakes with real butter and real maple syrup and a side of bacon.

Happy New Year!

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

You aren't one of those animals that dips his bacon into the syrup, are you?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:18 AM (SAX5G)

56 It’s 8 am on a Monday
The regular crowd shuffles in…

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:19 AM (PCK5/)

57 Judge Stephen Locher, appointed by President Joe Biden, ruled that an Iowa law, approved by Republican Governor Kim Reynolds earlier this year, was “unreasonable” and “puritanical.”

Yes, letting little kids have access to books where boys have felation with each other or bang each other's backsides is perfect for little Susie and Sally in the 1st grade.
FU, Stevey; you're part of the problem.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:19 AM (ynpvh)

58 JJ. He was a US Senator prior to being gov.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:20 AM (2NHgQ)

59 "Biden says America is better positioned to lead the world than any other country "

1. You can't even get your shit together at home.

2. I don't want to lead the world and the world doesn't want us to lead.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

60 Public School itself has become a form of child abuse. And most people have no choice in the matter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:21 AM (9UlRk)

61 Cole said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.” “This is the sterilization and mutilation of thousands of children happening within a state that is being entirely complicit in the choice to continue this.”

Eugenics is the selection of desired heritable characteristics to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:21 AM (lwOKI)

62 54 Pancakes with real butter and real maple syrup and a side of bacon.

Happy New Year!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:17 AM (R/m4+)

So does CBD find maple syrup on pancakes acceptable?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:21 AM (ynpvh)

63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

64 58 JJ. He was a US Senator prior to being gov.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:20 AM (2NHgQ)

He looks entirely different from back then. And until he was elected governor he was out of the national spotlight.

Still, a scumbag.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (x0n13)

65 Okay, I admit I used a mask the other day. But I was still possibly infectious from that nasty cold going around and had to be out for my wife's sake (didn't want her falling down or driving).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:23 AM (ynpvh)

66 Any bold predictions for 2024?
Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

War in Tibet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:23 AM (9UlRk)

67 It AIN'T warm out thar.

Posted by: JT at January 01, 2024 08:23 AM (T4tVD)

68 "Any bold predictions for 2024?
Posted by: dantesed "

I predict not only bold, but italics and maybe some strike thrus.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

69 "You aren't one of those animals that dips his bacon into the syrup, are you?"

I is...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (hH3Px)

70 63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

China will invade Taiwan and Joey will do absolutely nothing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ynpvh)

71 Judge Stephen Locher, appointed by President Joe Biden, ruled that an Iowa law, approved by Republican Governor Kim Reynolds earlier this year, was “unreasonable” and “puritanical.”
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Just like our High Court here in Israel, which decides which government legislation they can cancel based on their personal opinions of "reasonable" or "unreasonable."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ch/kO)

72
Annie Lennox of the Eugenics was much more talented then Dave Stewart.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (3qE2b)

73 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:19 AM (ynpvh)

I'd like to see a lot more red state governors tell these Hawaiian judges to piss up a rope whenever they pass down their rulings. Nullification is an idea whose time has come.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (x0n13)

74 The only positive I can see for 24 is that since it's an election year. they are going to force interest rates down to goose the economy.

Also, I expect the SPR to be drained down to nothing to get gas prices down.

So they are going to fabricate a "booming economy."

And in addition, the spending is going to go to ludicrous levels and the GOP won't say boo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (XV/Pl)

75 63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

China will invade Taiwan and Joey will do absolutely nothing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ynpvh)
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On the contrary, FJB will do everything he can to welcome Taiwan's new Chinese overlords.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (BpYfr)

76 It would seem that all 18 pounds of pulled pork either got eaten, or traveled to neighbors homes by the end of the night.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (hH3Px)

77 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

and Happy New Year !

Posted by: JT at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (T4tVD)

78 It would seem that all 18 pounds of pulled pork either got eaten, or traveled to neighbors homes by the end of the night.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (hH3Px)
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*burp*

Posted by: Guilty Dog... at January 01, 2024 08:26 AM (BpYfr)

79 China won't invade Taiwan. The Taiwanese legislators (whatever the hell they're called, i don't care) will spontaneously pass a bill saying they are now a fully integrated province of the PRC, leaving many many people to sit around wondering what the hell just happened.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:26 AM (9UlRk)

80 20 19 I claim Uranus as a holey site.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at January 01, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

He enjoys Klingons. He like it rough.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:02 AM (ynpvh)
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Does the Coriolis Effect determine which way those Klingons circle Uranus, or is the quality of the TeePee?

Posted by: Ciampino - The sons of the squaw on the hippo.... at January 01, 2024 08:27 AM (qfLjt)

81 70 63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

China will invade Taiwan and Joey will do absolutely nothing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ynpvh)

Taiwan might actually hold off the Reds like Ukraine and Russia. The PLA while massive has a lot of problems behind the scenes, just like the country in general.

And they can't nuke Taipei because the main goal is to capture the chip factories.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:27 AM (x0n13)

82 What exactly is the difference between a colonizer and an illegal immigrant these days?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 08:28 AM (hH3Px)

83 The PRC will go to whatever lengths necessary to insure that Taiwan remains intact during the takeover don’t you think?

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:28 AM (PCK5/)

84 80 Does the Coriolis Effect determine which way those Klingons circle Uranus, or is the quality of the TeePee?
Posted by: Ciampino - The sons of the squaw on the hippo.... at January 01, 2024 08:27 AM (qfLjt)

"Coriolis" - sounds like "glory hole us."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:28 AM (x0n13)

85 "The numbers are drawn from police crime statistics, which reveal more than 8,590 reported cases of rape and sexual assault by migrants.

Raping the women and children good Germans will not rape.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:29 AM (lwOKI)

86 75 63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

China will invade Taiwan and Joey will do absolutely nothing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ynpvh)
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On the contrary, FJB will do everything he can to welcome Taiwan's new Chinese overlords.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 08:25 AM (BpYfr)

Gov. Newsom will be in that parade, throwing down the red carpet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:29 AM (ynpvh)

87 81 70 63 Any bold predictions for 2024?

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2024 08:22 AM (88xKn)

China will invade Taiwan and Joey will do absolutely nothing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (ynpvh)

Taiwan might actually hold off the Reds like Ukraine and Russia. The PLA while massive has a lot of problems behind the scenes, just like the country in general.

And they can't nuke Taipei because the main goal is to capture the chip factories.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:27 AM (x0n13)

Which is why, if defeat seems certain, all the chip factories should be blown to smithereens. Leave the CCP with nothing to work with.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:30 AM (ynpvh)

88 72
Annie Lennox of the Eugenics was much more talented then Dave Stewart.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (3qE2b)

Now do Captain and Toenail

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:30 AM (lwOKI)

89 82 What exactly is the difference between a colonizer and an illegal immigrant these days?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2024 08:28 AM (hH3Px)

One's more of a pain in the ass? The Colon-izer?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:31 AM (ynpvh)

90 Annie Lennox of the Eugenics was much more talented then Dave Stewart.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (3qE2b)

Dave had a better slider.

Posted by: JT at January 01, 2024 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

91 Watch them cook up some scheme to pretend we have reserves that don't actually exist, and "sell" those reserves to a brand spanking new Holding Company with a whole bunch of Senator's Sons on the board.

They'll do it out in the open, and the press will try to gaslight everyone into thinking you'd have to be some crazy nutjob to think there's anything wrong with that, that's how it's always been done, if we stop doing it everything will collapse, etc etc etc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:31 AM (9UlRk)

92 88 72
Annie Lennox of the Eugenics was much more talented then Dave Stewart.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:24 AM (3qE2b)

Now do Captain and Toenail

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:30 AM (lwOKI)

We have ads here for that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:32 AM (ynpvh)

93 Good morning Horde and a Happy New Year to everyone. Thx JJ.
I like that the political panel says that Abbott sending illegals to sanctuary is a political victory. However it doesn't seem to have caused the Dem mayors and governors to change policies. Adams has grumbled about the administration but not come out against Biden. Johnson in Chicago, Wu in Boston and others just keep yelling that it's unfair. Welcome to the party pals

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2024 08:33 AM (Dod0N)

94 You aren't one of those animals that dips his bacon into the syrup, are you?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:18 AM (SAX5G)

Yes, I have been known to dip my bacon into real maple syrup now and then.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:34 AM (R/m4+)

95 Navaho Indians Attempt to Claim Ownership of the Moon, Delay Vulcan Launch

To many cultures, the sun and moon were holy, as well as the planets Jupiter, Venus and Mars. I guess NASA has raped many a holy site then.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:35 AM (ynpvh)

96 Back in the day when racing was racing and not this crap they do now. Cale was one of my favorites.
Forever Petty fan but...

RIP sir. May Heaven present you with a right hand turn every now and then.
Many old Nascar races are on Youboob. I watch every now and then.
Grandson #1 is totally into it and I don't mind watching the old stuff.
I pretty much bailed on it after restrictor plates ruined Daytona and MIS races.
Lived close enough to MIS as a toddler to hear the cars.
MIS was built on one part of my families farm. They still own right up to the fence off turn 3.
I miss Brooklyn and the life there.
I really want to buy my Grandparents house.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2024 08:36 AM (zz8sa)

97 Oh, yeah, sure, like no one has ever taken land from an Indian before.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:36 AM (9UlRk)

98 Merry Christmas Mr. Trump.

Sincerely,
Maine and Colorado Secretary’s of State.

Posted by: Redenzo at January 01, 2024 08:36 AM (V/pbu)

99 Smell the Glove. They will not change their policies. They still believe that the feds will help them out. Most likely waiting on fed dollars.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:37 AM (2NHgQ)

100 93 Wu in Boston and others just keep yelling that it's unfair. Welcome to the party pals
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2024 08:33 AM (Dod0N)

That's the political victory. They look like idiots to their own constituencies, when the latter know that the border must be sealed and the sanctuary policies trashed. The mayors' refusing to do this makes them look completely tone-deaf.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:37 AM (x0n13)

101 The enemy is heightening its own contradictions.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:38 AM (9UlRk)

102 97 Oh, yeah, sure, like no one has ever taken land from an Indian before.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:36 AM (9UlRk)

No claims were staked by the Navajo on the Moon. If they did, they should tell us where they left their territorial markers up there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:38 AM (ynpvh)

103 Michelle O’Wu…

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:39 AM (PCK5/)

104 According to Kendi’s ideology, it is not enough to not be racist; instead, people and institutions must take race into account at all times so as to be “antiracist.” Institutions thus devoted themselves to pursuing the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” project.

At least Socialism is a zero sum game. Kendi wants a negative sum game. His game leaves only losers and losers. A qualified person is not moved to a position where they may help the organization (and themselves) but instead a lessor candidate is moved into a position where they can and often do fail (eg Gay at Harvard).

So the Triple Net is a person denied because of race, a person failed by the system, and a system worse off than before.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:39 AM (lwOKI)

105 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Prediction- This year is going to be insane.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

106 54 Pancakes with real butter and real maple syrup and a side of bacon.

Happy New Year!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:17 AM (R/m4+)
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Bacon? Lucky you. We were lucky to be allowed to stand outside the deli, in the snow, and smell the bacon aroma coming out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Most times I can't afford bacon at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (qfLjt)

107 You aren't one of those animals that dips his bacon into the syrup, are you?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2024 08:18 AM (SAX5G)
___________
A local restaurant has a glazed bacon appetizer with a peanut butter dipping sauce. I guess there are variants of this all over the country. Friggin awesome.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (Dm8we)

108 104 According to Kendi’s ideology, it is not enough to not be racist; instead, people and institutions must take race into account at all times so as to be “antiracist.” Institutions thus devoted themselves to pursuing the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” project.

...

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:39 AM (lwOKI)

So they have to be racist to be anti-racist.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (ynpvh)

109 China doesn't have to invade Taiwan. They've co-opted the government, infiltrated every domestic business, financial and tech sector in the country.

Like they did here.

If China can get Taiwan to change it's policies to those that favor China, then what's the point of invading?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 08:41 AM (Q4IgG)

110 "That's the political victory. They look like idiots to their own constituencies,.."

Fortunately for them, their constituencies are idiots.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 08:42 AM (AJKwF)

111 Dems are the biggest racists around.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:42 AM (vFG9F)

112 104 According to Kendi’s ideology, it is not enough to not be racist; instead, people and institutions must take race into account at all times so as to be “antiracist.” Institutions thus devoted themselves to pursuing the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” project.

At least Socialism is a zero sum game. Kendi wants a negative sum game. His game leaves only losers and losers. A qualified person is not moved to a position where they may help the organization (and themselves) but instead a lessor candidate is moved into a position where they can and often do fail (eg Gay at Harvard).

So the Triple Net is a person denied because of race, a person failed by the system, and a system worse off than before.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:39 AM (lwOKI)
----
Very nicely expressed, thank you.

Posted by: Ciampino - Then they bitch if something fails at January 01, 2024 08:42 AM (qfLjt)

113 109 China doesn't have to invade Taiwan. They've co-opted the government, infiltrated every domestic business, financial and tech sector in the country.

Like they did here.

If China can get Taiwan to change it's policies to those that favor China, then what's the point of invading?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 08:41 AM (Q4IgG)

China ~~invades~~ welcomed by Taiwan

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:42 AM (ynpvh)

114 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Prediction- This year is going to be insane.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

Spam Shortage ?

Happy New Year !

Posted by: JT at January 01, 2024 08:43 AM (T4tVD)

115 Navaho Indians Attempt to Claim Ownership of the Moon, Delay Vulcan Launch

This is what happens when your too nice to people. The indian was defeated, his land forfeit, and his beads taken away. The winners were charitable however. The defeated were given land to live on, English was taught to their young and they were given beads made in Japan. Yet they are still ungrateful.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:43 AM (R/m4+)

116 This will be the best year ever.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (xVNBI)

117 115 Navaho Indians Attempt to Claim Ownership of the Moon, Delay Vulcan Launch

This is what happens when your too nice to people. The indian was defeated, his land forfeit, and his beads taken away. The winners were charitable however. The defeated were given land to live on, English was taught to their young and they were given beads made in Japan. Yet they are still ungrateful.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 08:43 AM (R/m4+)

https://youtu.be/iVqQosyOpg4

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (ynpvh)

118 "At least Socialism is a zero sum game. Kendi wants a negative sum game. His game leaves only losers and losers."

The Artemis mission is suffering from that and any failure because of DIE will be attributed to anything but.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (vFG9F)

119 Now do Captain and Toenail
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:30 AM (lwOKI)

They had a really nice place out in the valley north of the one I live in.
It burned in a "controled burn" that wasn't.
Only thing left was the cement lion in front.
Not sure if they still lived there at the time.
Mrs. Reforger was on a first name basis with Toenail but I haven't seen them around for a few of years.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (zz8sa)

120 91 "Watch them cook up some scheme to pretend we have reserves that don't actually exist, and "sell" those reserves to a brand spanking new Holding Company with a whole bunch of Senator's Sons on the board."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:31 AM (9UlRk)

There is an argument to be made for a one-time financial reset of the country using the assets (land, airspace, coastal waters, bandwidth, etc) being placed in a holding company and sold over a period of 100 years. Half of the anticipated revenue would be available immediately and would pay off the national debt, student debt, primary home mortgage and consumer debt. At the same time, Social Security would be fully funded for those over 40 and a new individual-owned system put in place. This whole thing can only be done in the U.S. because we're the world's base currency. Bold move, but very few would vote against it.

Posted by: jwest at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (VP9ao)

121 So the Triple Net is a person denied because of race, a person failed by the system, and a system worse off than before.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 08:39 AM (lwOKI)

It is at its heart a system of Institutional Kamikaze-ism.

These people aren't put there to succeed at whatever their job description might be. They're just a crampon jammed into the face of the institution to aid the climb of the collective. It's parasitic, and the people who serve the collective are entirely disposable, to be broken off or abandoned as needed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:46 AM (9UlRk)

122 Thank you, JJ- you are a treasure.
Happy New Year, dear Horde.

I lost all my prepper credibility with Y2K.
(Which in my defense was something that had never
happened in the history of Ever...)
Mr S, the most apolitical person I know, is planning
on some prep starting now.
Since he does some of the grocery shopping for me
he can see the price rises in real time.

He's nowhere near "They hate us and they want us dead", but it's a start.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at January 01, 2024 08:46 AM (fDjFn)

123
But maybe someday
When they've learned
Cherokee nation
Will return
To the Moon

Posted by: Pawl Revere at January 01, 2024 08:47 AM (vFG9F)

124 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. A happy new year to those of you who can find happiness in these times.

Our enemies hold the high ground and then some, but they are not infallible. I sense a change in the mood of the nation in its entirety, even across political lines among reasonable people who have had enough of the past three years and want no more of it.

With the caveat that I live in MA, I don't see it. I remain convinced that Judas Roberts will find some way of evading the Trump question and that several other states (including mine) will take that as an opportunity to take him off the ballot.

I sincerely believe that no matter who the Dem nominee is, the election will be so blatantly stolen that even North Korea would blush. The GOP will do nothing and the rest of us will slump back to our keyboards and impotently vow to vote harderer next time.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 08:47 AM (Q0kLU)

125 @99 I agree they want federal dollars but I don't think the Dems in those areas have a clue what to do with it. They would have to build housing , hire more teachers and more cops. Problem is no one wants to be a cop in those places, everyone would be suing everyone about new housing and zoning and the schools are terrible even with massive funding. The big cities are FUBAR.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2024 08:48 AM (Dod0N)

126 @104

>>According to Kendi’s ideology.

The other problem with this odious ideology, is that it offer no absolution.

The Honky will always be on a "journey" to be less racist but will always be a racist.

So you, The Honky, will always be a lower caste, and thus they will be free to discriminate against you.

Never in the history of society and culture has the dominant group allowed itself to be subservient to a minority group.

Black people make up, essentially, 10pct of the country, yet, the entire country is run on their feels.

It's astonishing when you think about it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2024 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)

127 Warai. crampon, had to look that up. Good descriptor. Something to help you crawl over people that will tear them up as well. Win-win.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:50 AM (2NHgQ)

128 A lot of ancient cultures worshipped various constellations. I guess those are all now off limits for star fleet command.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 08:50 AM (Dm8we)

129 I read an article at AT about Biden and the White House dogs Champion and Major. If Trump had those dogs the criminal media would have been in shrieking meltdown mode.
There's no way senile old bastard Biden should have a dog.
I know that's off topic but I wanted to get that off my chest.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 08:51 AM (zYoUB)

130 Jack Reacher breakfast.

Short stack, syrup, two eggs over easy on top.

Posted by: Redenzo at January 01, 2024 08:51 AM (V/pbu)

131 128 A lot of ancient cultures worshipped various constellations. I guess those are all now off limits for star fleet command.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 08:50 AM (Dm8we)

My people have a affinity for black holes...

Posted by: Peety Bootyjudge at January 01, 2024 08:51 AM (ynpvh)

132 "A lot of ancient cultures worshipped various constellations. I guess those are all now off limits for star fleet command.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba"

Surely not Orion!

Posted by: Captain Kirk at January 01, 2024 08:51 AM (vFG9F)

133 Happy New Year, all!

One thing that’s a head scratcher for me: Those donations to DeWine…. Not really very much money. If he’s a whore, he’s a very cheap one!

In his case I’d say it’s less the money and more he doesn’t want to be associated with icky traditionalists…. And definitely doesn’t want the press calling him a big poopy head because that really hurts doncha know

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

134 Smell the Glove. They want the fed dollars, however they won't use it to help the situation. They'll squander it or steal it.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:52 AM (2NHgQ)

135 Dark side of moon has many teepee and longhouse. Vast buffalo herd. Ruins of several casino and tax-free cigarette and likker store.

Posted by: Roaring Chicken at January 01, 2024 08:52 AM (V5BDR)

136 127 Warai. crampon, had to look that up. Good descriptor. Something to help you crawl over people that will tear them up as well. Win-win.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 08:50 AM (2NHgQ)

A tampon that causes cramps . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 08:53 AM (x0n13)

137 135 Dark side of moon has many teepee and longhouse. Vast buffalo herd. Ruins of several casino and tax-free cigarette and likker store.

Posted by: Roaring Chicken at January 01, 2024 08:52 AM (V5BDR)

So they defeated the space Nazis?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:53 AM (ynpvh)

138 @130

>>Short stack, syrup, two eggs over easy on top.

Jack Reacher is 6'5" and 250lbs, that small amount of food ain't gonna cut it.

Dude probably needs about 6K calories a day just to maintain that frame.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2024 08:53 AM (XV/Pl)

139 neverenoughcaffeine, yup.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2024 08:53 AM (Dod0N)

140 The people who make and sell our culture decided long ago that one is not allowed to ask what the difference between good and evil is, so that generations later, nobody can even fathom that there is a difference, let alone know what it might be.

First they made morality an object of ridicule. Then they made it repugnant. Then they made it forbidden.

And then they wonder why everything went to shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 08:54 AM (9UlRk)

141 Wow, Dr. Jill's outfit last nite was the pits. A new low.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 08:54 AM (MvF+J)

142 > A lot of ancient cultures worshipped various constellations. I guess those are all now off limits for star fleet command.
______________

We've got a current culture that worships an entity called "Gaia."

There are.... others.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 08:55 AM (Q4IgG)

143 Happy New Year Fen… let’s keep the Faith this year!!
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 08:04 AM (PCK5/)

Thanks, dear. By God's grace I trust to keep the faith everyday! Blessed New Year to you too,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 08:56 AM (wGJnb)

144 142 > A lot of ancient cultures worshipped various constellations. I guess those are all now off limits for star fleet command.
______________

We've got a current culture that worships an entity called "Gaia."

There are.... others.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 08:55 AM (Q4IgG)

They should all jump into a live volcano for her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:56 AM (ynpvh)

145 Bacon? Lucky you. We were lucky to be allowed to stand outside the deli, in the snow, and smell the bacon aroma coming out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Most times I can't afford bacon at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (qfLjt)

All we had was a picture of a pig.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 08:56 AM (Q0kLU)

146 116 This will be the best year ever.

Posted by: G'rump928(c)
---------------------------

One of our best for sure. Very exciting.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 08:57 AM (HO/bY)

147 146 116 This will be the best year ever.

Posted by: G'rump928(c)
---------------------------

One of our best for sure. Very exciting.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 08:57 AM (HO/bY)

2 of the 3 Chinese curses:
"May you live in interesting times"
"May you come to the attention of the Emperor"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 08:59 AM (ynpvh)

148 Bacon? Lucky you. We were lucky to be allowed to stand outside the deli, in the snow, and smell the bacon aroma coming out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Most times I can't afford bacon at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (qfLjt)

All we had was a picture of a pig.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
___________

...and when there was no crawdad, we ate sand.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 08:59 AM (Dm8we)

149 @116

>>This will be the best year ever.

Is this like Delios's speech at the end of 300 after all of The Spartans are slaughtered?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2024 08:59 AM (XV/Pl)

150 Whatever happens this year will be far stupider than anyone could possibly imagine.

I choose to think of that as a good thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (9UlRk)

151 141 Wow, Dr. Jill's outfit last nite was the pits. A new low.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 08:54 AM (MvF+J)

White version of Frederica Wilson. But tackier.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (x0n13)

152 @142 I just had the idea that slicing and dicing of children's private parts is this Gaia movements sacrifice, like the old looking at entrails of sacrificial victims. Human beings don't change much we just have nicer stuff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (Dod0N)

153 I don't know what's going to happen this year. Some surprises maybe.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (MvF+J)

154 I caught some of the TCM dead people run down yesterday and had no idea Richard Roundtree died. Apparently he passed in October from pancreatic cancer at age 81.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2024 08:05 AM (4RMpV)

Richard Roundtree… the Shaft guy? I only know that from an episode of Two and a Half Men; let’s just say I’ve wasted some time watching that show… which can be quite humorous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 09:01 AM (xT8gx)

155 148 Bacon? Lucky you. We were lucky to be allowed to stand outside the deli, in the snow, and smell the bacon aroma coming out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Most times I can't afford bacon at January 01, 2024 08:40 AM (qfLjt)

All we had was a picture of a pig.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
___________

...and when there was no crawdad, we ate sand.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 08:59 AM (Dm8we)

Scorpions are like crawdads, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:01 AM (ynpvh)

156 This will be the best year ever.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (xVNBI)
-------

Spill. What do you know that we don't know?

Posted by: bluebell at January 01, 2024 09:01 AM (pTb/Z)

157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

158 Milei-ism engulfs South America life a wildfire. Violence ensues. Milei-ism emerges victorious.

That's my wishcast pseudoprediction.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (9UlRk)

159 In all the photos I've seen of the surface of the moon, the only vehicles visible were left by NASA. Were it an Indian colony, thousands of derelict cars, washers, dryers, refrigerators, sofas, divans, loveseats, ottomans, and ratty travel trailers would be prominent. I call BS on their claims.

Posted by: I Have Reservations at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (V5BDR)

160 156 This will be the best year ever.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 08:45 AM (xVNBI)
-------

Spill. What do you know that we don't know?

Posted by: bluebell at January 01, 2024 09:01 AM (pTb/Z)

The anonymous 8 on the Epstein list?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (ynpvh)

161 NEWS FLASH:

Ian Ziering attacked by group on mini-bikes on Hollywood Boulevard after traffic altercation.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (vFG9F)

162 157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

Is she into Candy Crush?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (ynpvh)

163 Whatever happens this year will be far stupider than anyone could possibly imagine.

I choose to think of that as a good thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (9UlRk)

Ian Ziering attacked by group on mini-bikes on Hollywood Boulevard after traffic altercation.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (vFG9F)

When I'm right, I'm right.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:04 AM (9UlRk)

164 One prediction: after the dust settles, Trump will pick a safe establishment figure as his VP. He's a party guy, and never as bold as his reputation suggests.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 09:04 AM (AJKwF)

165 164 One prediction: after the dust settles, Trump will pick a safe establishment figure as his VP. He's a party guy, and never as bold as his reputation suggests.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 09:04 AM (AJKwF)

Vivek sure talks purty. Is it real?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:05 AM (ynpvh)

166 157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

What is that?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 09:05 AM (zYoUB)

167 One prediction: after the dust settles, Trump will pick a safe establishment figure as his VP. He's a party guy, and never as bold as his reputation suggests.

Considering that he wants to build a new FBI building rather than destroy that treasonous organization only furthers my conviction that the last eight years haven't taught him a damned thing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:06 AM (Q0kLU)

168 166 157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

What is that?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 09:05 AM (zYoUB)

I think Joe Biden.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

169 167 One prediction: after the dust settles, Trump will pick a safe establishment figure as his VP. He's a party guy, and never as bold as his reputation suggests.

Considering that he wants to build a new FBI building rather than destroy that treasonous organization only furthers my conviction that the last eight years haven't taught him a damned thing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:06 AM (Q0kLU)

Or maybe they did. That's a scarier thought.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

170 >>>"May you come to the attention of the Emperor"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---------------------------

Emperor's got his hand's full
his son's got his snoot full
and the administration's full of it.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 09:07 AM (HO/bY)

171 Ohio has devil-spawned a long line of Republican governors who grift and graft their way to the statehouse. From DeWine selling out to the children-choppers to Kasich buying off the big-city school systems with suburban tax money, these whores will do anything to get and stay in office. DeWine is just the latest whore to whore his way into the top whore job in the whorehouse of Columbus.

Posted by: Many Powdered Donuts at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (Eqssc)

172 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

A trailer park rec room 3.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (Q0kLU)

173 Happy New Year to The Horde and JJ.

"The Israeli government is considering relocating some Gazans to Latin America. Better late than never?" (Cuba FTW! - jjs)

How about Tierra del Fuego?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (Rbu5d)

174 Happy new year, Horde!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (zfiQI)

175 only furthers my conviction that the last eight years haven't taught him a damned thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:06 AM (Q0kLU)

That's what happens when you hang out with that lantern jawed Hannity fuckwit too much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (9UlRk)

176 Whatever happens this year will be far stupider than anyone could possibly imagine.
I choose to think of that as a good thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:00 AM (9UlRk)

Oh boy, is this great!

Posted by: Flounder at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (R/m4+)

177 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

What is that?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 09:05 AM (zYoUB)

I think Joe Biden.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Definitely not the control group for the latest botox study.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (Dm8we)

178 170 >>>"May you come to the attention of the Emperor"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---------------------------

Emperor's got his hand's full
his son's got his snoot full
and the administration's full of it.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 09:07 AM (HO/bY)

Yet have plenty of time to go after:
parents at school board meetings
People praying at abortion clinics
Grannies invited into Congress on J6
Sort through IP addresses of people that retweeted or liked Trump's tweets.

Priorities!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (ynpvh)

179 Joe Biden the liar :

"my dad used to have an expression. He'd say: Joey, a job's about a lot more than a paycheck, it's about your dignity, it's about respect"

It's about 10%.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (vFG9F)

180 >>>Considering that he wants to build a new FBI building rather than destroy
---------------

1. He's a traditional man
2. He's a builder not a destroyer

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (HO/bY)

181 I-70 at Silverthorne/Frisco (west of Denver, main route between Denver and western CO) was shut down for a few hours on Saturday due to a car fire. None of the local news outlets that I found reported what type of vehicle it was. The only clue is that it was a vehicle on a car hauler trailer (i.e. not a vehicle in operation)

Any guesses on what type vehicle it was?

Place your bets at the window...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (991eG)

182 All we had was a picture of a pig.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 08:56 AM (Q0kLU)

You had a picture? Well, lah, tee, dah. We had to draw our own. In the dirt. With a stick. Under two feet of snow.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 09:10 AM (iODuv)

183 173 Happy New Year to The Horde and JJ.

"The Israeli government is considering relocating some Gazans to Latin America. Better late than never?" (Cuba FTW! - jjs)

How about Tierra del Fuego?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (Rbu5d)

Digging holes on Oak Island? I hear explosive Gazans make holes faster.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:10 AM (ynpvh)

184 it's about your dignity, it's about respect"
....
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (vFG9F)

...and if you can find a buyer for those, you got it made!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:10 AM (9UlRk)

185 "What is that?
Posted by: Northernlurker"

A case for burkas?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (vFG9F)

186 179 Joe Biden the liar :

"my dad used to have an expression. He'd say: Joey, a job's about a lot more than a paycheck, it's about your dignity, it's about respect"

It's about 10%.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (vFG9F)

Not only the worst president but the lowest life form ever to occupy the office.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (AJKwF)

187 157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep

She has the uncomfortable look of one who has been vagazzled with sharp costume jewelry stones.

Posted by: Ouchy at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (Eqssc)

188 177 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

What is that?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 09:05 AM (zYoUB)

I think Joe Biden.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Definitely not the control group for the latest botox study.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (Dm8we)

::: Jackman Horseface Kerry has entered the chat :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (ynpvh)

189 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)
A trailer park rec room 3.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (Q0kLU)

A whore. She dresses like that as in her head she says "Look at me! Look at me! I'm a whore!".

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (R/m4+)

190 162 157 151 Dr. Jill last nite:
http://tinyurl.com/2npjv2ef

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:02 AM (MvF+J)

Is she into Candy Crush?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:03 AM (ynpvh)

You know Hunter tapped that.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (UcAQV)

191 Transition is NOT a parent's decision. Parents can not make informed consent when the people doing the informing have an agenda to trans your kid.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 01, 2024 09:12 AM (NYzgN)

192 180 >>>Considering that he wants to build a new FBI building rather than destroy
---------------

1. He's a traditional man
2. He's a builder not a destroyer

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 09:09 AM (HO/bY)

Sometimes, when a building's foundation is so rotten and uneven the entire structure is impacted, you have to level it and start all over again, with sufficiently deep piers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:13 AM (ynpvh)

193 "Someone get this whore-son crotch fruit away from me, I'm trying to force myself on my secretary and her daughter over here."

- What "Joey's" father actually said

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:13 AM (9UlRk)

194 191 Transition is NOT a parent's decision. Parents can not make informed consent when the people doing the informing have an agenda to trans your kid.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 01, 2024 09:12 AM (NYzgN)

Easy test:
Parent wants to chop off kid's right hand because, supposedly, kid says right hand isn't a part of him.
Allowable?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:14 AM (ynpvh)

195 "Any guesses on what type vehicle it was?

Place your bets at the window...
Posted by: Muldoon"

1978 Beetle with fuel injection. Those things are a time bomb.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:14 AM (vFG9F)

196 All we had was a picture of a pig.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 08:56 AM (Q0kLU)

You had a picture? Well, lah, tee, dah. We had to draw our own. In the dirt. With a stick. Under two feet of snow.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

Damned stick priveledge flaunter.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 01, 2024 09:15 AM (3CCua)

197 only furthers my conviction that the last eight years haven't taught him a damned thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:06 AM (Q0kLU)

That's what happens when you hang out with that lantern jawed Hannity fuckwit too much.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:08 AM (9UlRk)

What’s most amazing is he’s by far the best choice on our side! I was asking yesterday: Do we have any political equivalents of Curtis LeMay in contemporary politics. I think not…. We don’t even have our own Milei

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 09:15 AM (xT8gx)

198 91 Transition is NOT a parent's decision. Parents can not make informed consent when the people doing the informing have an agenda to trans your kid.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 01, 2024 09:12 AM (NYzgN)

Easy test:
Parent wants to chop off kid's right hand because, supposedly, kid says right hand isn't a part of him.
Allowable?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:14 AM (ynpvh)
---
So the kid is a righty but identifies as a lefty?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 09:15 AM (BpYfr)

199
Jill dresses so poorly even Sam Brinton wouldn't steal her clothes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 09:16 AM (3qE2b)

200 "Any bold predictions for 2024?"

It's an election year. A white policeman will justifiably kill a black criminal in the line of duty, and it will be used by the media to incite race riots.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2024 09:16 AM (SYTee)

201 Since I suck at predictions, I should predict all the bad things that I don't want to happen this year, and then they won't happen.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:16 AM (MvF+J)

202 They dress for their constituents.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 09:16 AM (HO/bY)

203 199 Ha!

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:17 AM (MvF+J)

204 I'm telling ya, these 20's are gonna roar!

Posted by: Calvin Coolidge at January 01, 2024 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

205 198 91 Transition is NOT a parent's decision. Parents can not make informed consent when the people doing the informing have an agenda to trans your kid.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 01, 2024 09:12 AM (NYzgN)

Easy test:
Parent wants to chop off kid's right hand because, supposedly, kid says right hand isn't a part of him.
Allowable?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:14 AM (ynpvh)
---
So the kid is a righty but identifies as a lefty?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 09:15 AM (BpYfr)

Most lefties are loonies, living in their world filled with cognitive dissonance with nary a thought.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:18 AM (ynpvh)

206 204 I'm telling ya, these 20's are gonna roar!

Posted by: Calvin Coolidge at January 01, 2024 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

I'm feeling depressed about the prospects.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:19 AM (ynpvh)

207 Trailer park shower curtain. I'm jealous.

Posted by: Tanya Harding at January 01, 2024 09:19 AM (NBVIP)

208 Milie is an epochal political figure, and I believe Milie-ism will spread without a lot of violence. His election was the most encouraging world event in a long time.

Poilievre in Canada could also be such a figure.

Their styles are different but their seriousness and political bravery are similar.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (AJKwF)

209 Don't get depressed.

Posted by: Herbert Hoover at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (NBVIP)

210 The Constitution Absolutely Prohibits Nikki Haley From Being President of Vice President

Now do Kamala

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (lwOKI)

211 A tampon that causes cramps . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

*******

Owwwww! My tummy hurts!

Posted by: Adm R. Levine at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (991eG)

212 Biden:

"I've been eating everything that's put in front of me,' Biden said. 'Pasta, which I love. Eating a lot of chicken, chicken parmesan.'

First Lady Jill, 72, reminded her husband that he'd been eating ice cream as well, with the president saying it was 'chocolate chip' flavored.

*rolls eyes*

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (vFG9F)

213 209 Don't get depressed.

Posted by: Herbert Hoover at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (NBVIP)

just don't walk too close to any tall buildings in the financial district...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (ynpvh)

214 Looks like Jeremy Renner is all healed up from his accident last year. Good for him! I put on "S.W.A.T." (2003) last nite; it's OK.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (MvF+J)

215 It's an election year. A white policeman will justifiably kill a black criminal in the line of duty, and it will be used by the media to incite race riots.

--

My money is on something Muslim this go-round.

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (33ek6)

216 Most lefties are loonies, living in their world filled with cognitive dissonance with nary a thought.

You forgot about the chronic depression.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (Q0kLU)

217 It's an election year. A white policeman will justifiably kill a black criminal in the line of duty, and it will be used by the media to incite race riots.
Posted by: davidt
++++
Yep.
And I'm gonna predict that the sun will come up tomorrow morning in the east.
But if the Dems say so, the media will report that it came up in the West.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (dr4Q1)

218 (looks out window)

Doesn't seem to be any difference on this side of midnight.

Nothing will change from last year. Except maybe get worse.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (Angsy)

219 Most lefties are loonies, living in their world filled with cognitive dissonance with nary a thought.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:18 AM (ynpvh)

Hey!! I’m left-handed and…. Oh, you meant the other kind of lefty. Not Lefty Grove types like me….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (xT8gx)

220 Owwwww! My tummy hurts!
Posted by: Adm R. Levine at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (991eG)

You're not supposed to eat them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (9UlRk)

221 210 The Constitution Absolutely Prohibits Nikki Haley From Being President of Vice President

Now do Kamala

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 01, 2024 09:20 AM (lwOKI)

They were born in Hawaii. Ask Barry Sotero how to do it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (ynpvh)

222 GOP Gov Mike DeSwine Who Vetoed Trans Bills Received Over $40,000 From Children’s Hospitals Supporting Sex Change Procedures

Boy, he's a cheap date.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:22 AM (Rbu5d)

223 A Happy New Year to you, JJ. And I use the word Happy in a figurative sense.
Let's kick off 2024 with eyes on Mike DeWine. He's the embodiment of why conservative voters need to stop voting for frauds, simply because they have an (R) after their name. Our movement is dilluted and rendered useless due to this idiotic assumption that (R) is yellow brick roads better than (D), when it isn't.
It's a tough cup of icy water to have splashed in our faces but it's way past time for a wake up! Even the great, late Rush Limbaugh noted grimly in one of the lasts broadcasts I heard in 2020 that, in Trump, Republicans were getting everything they've claimed they've wanted and yet, why didn't they fight for him? That's sadly an easy answer. They are lying scumbags who sell to the highest bidder. Usually it's the Chamber of Commerce but whoever it is, they will Sale-Sale-Sale, baby! Even if it's Soros bucks or Chi-Com bucks, they will sale.
We need two things in 2024. We need Trump to win. It will be a hard battle, as he has to fight both (D) and (R) parties.
The second thing we need is a new, truly conservative party that has strict, enforcible ethics codes and is totally committed to MAGA.

Posted by: Tracy at January 01, 2024 09:22 AM (8O+Oe)

224 What’s Behind Biden’s Sliding Poll Numbers?

Joe Biden.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:23 AM (Rbu5d)

225 Boy, he's a cheap date.

--

They all are. I doubt it took $100M for China to conquer the U.S.

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:23 AM (33ek6)

226 Will this be the year I finally get to go to the White House and shower with Pop-pop mommy?

Posted by: Navy Joan at January 01, 2024 09:23 AM (NBVIP)

227 I posted a John MacArthur quote on Facebook about truth and doctrine never changing. It made some people twitch. One of those is gay so no surprise but a couple of the twitchers surprised me.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (zYoUB)

228 **looks glumly at empty plate**

You would think waffles and tea would be satisfying, but they really weren't. I should have had some poached eggs, sausage and bacon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (Q0kLU)

229 186
Not only the worst president but the lowest life form ever to occupy the office.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2024 09:11 AM (AJKwF)
----
And to think that for so many years we thought Jimmy was the worst ever. You know God has a sense of humor as he said "You've seen nothing yet!" and gave us the communist bigot Big Ears. Once again we thought that was as low as it would go but, there's always a but, the limbo pole was lowered even further and the slimeball FJB got in.

Posted by: Ciampino - A Klingon around Uranus has more class than FJB at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (qfLjt)

230 Biden:

"I've been eating everything that's put in front of me,' Biden said. 'Pasta, which I love. Eating a lot of chicken, chicken parmesan.'

First Lady Jill, 72, reminded her husband that he'd been eating ice cream as well, with the president saying it was 'chocolate chip' flavored.

*rolls eyes*
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (vFG9F)

... wait... did i miss a step in the thread? Are We The People seriously at the juncture where the newsgivers expect us to think eating food is a presidential accomplishment? Was he recently ill or suffering some dental problems lately?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (9UlRk)

231 219
...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (xT8gx)

As am I, but forced to be a righty by my parents (old-school types).
For a while, could write ambidextrously, but lost that as I focused on writing with my right. I can use forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks with either hand. Also, I'm bilingual in Vulcan (can do hand sign with both hands).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

232 "conservative voters need to stop voting for frauds, simply because they have an (R) after their name."

What do we do in that case? Vote for the D, or refuse to vote for either?

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (MvF+J)

233 Relicating "Gazans" to South America is synonamous with relocating them to Texas, Illinois, Michigan, etc. This is a deeply cynical and thouroughly bullshit move.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (z+KLG)

234 "Children’s Hospitals Supporting Sex Change Procedures"

Danny Thomas is doing the ceiling fan just about now.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (R/m4+)

235 “ keeping men who tuck their junk the hell out of girls locker rooms, where their junk magically springs to life.”

I heard an early morning radio guy call William “Lia” Thomas locker room display the “last turkey in the shop.”

Descriptive euphemism indeed.

Posted by: Rex B at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (5h/8D)

236 I posted a John MacArthur quote on Facebook about truth and doctrine never changing.

Not for lack of trying!
- Pope Frankie Fabulous

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (Q0kLU)

237 224 What’s Behind Biden’s Sliding Poll Numbers?

Joe Biden.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:23 AM (Rbu5d)

Joe Biden, on an incline, greased by what's leaking out of his diapers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (ynpvh)

238 MacArthur was an alcoholic crackpot and saw commies everywhere in Hollywood!!!
- 40% or so of your leftist friends

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:25 AM (33ek6)

239 "I've been eating everything that's put in front of me,' Biden said."

Now let's hear from the guys who empty his diaper.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:26 AM (MvF+J)

240 My money is on something Muslim this go-round.
Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:21 AM (33ek6)
====

Someone something something someone something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2024 09:26 AM (RIvkX)

241 "I've been eating everything that's put in front of me,' Biden said."

As Dr Jill spoon feeds him exclaiming, "Airplane!!"

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2024 09:27 AM (SYTee)

242 I don't see why any governor should veto a trans bill. Transportation is important. It helps us all. It helps our groceries get to the grocery store and our medicines get to the drug store. We all NEED Transportation... what?

Oh...never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (NBVIP)

243 NO JOE!

Posted by: Jill, grabbing the paste at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (vFG9F)

244 Taking advantage of the end of the Morning Report.

Thank you, J.J. for all you do.

Thank you to all of the Morons that post here, you make me laugh and create a funnier day for me than I would otherwise have.

May you all have a very Happy New Year.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (3CCua)

245 USA Boxing to Allow Transgender Women (aka Men) to Box Against Actual Women

-
Well, ain't that a kick in the head?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (FVME7)

246 Certainly going to get interesting this year

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (fwDg9)

247 243 NO JOE!

Posted by: Jill, grabbing the paste at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (vFG9F)

It it made from old horses?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

248 Happy New Year to you and yours, JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (JcnCJ)

249 Happy New Year, all!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

250 243 Ha!

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (MvF+J)

251 "The United States must set a clear timeline for Europe to assume the burdens of its own defense."

Today.
Or
Backdated to 1999.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (Rbu5d)

252 As am I, but forced to be a righty by my parents (old-school types).
For a while, could write ambidextrously, but lost that as I focused on writing with my right. I can use forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks with either hand. Also, I'm bilingual in Vulcan (can do hand sign with both hands).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

Ha! I do everything left-handed with two strange exceptions: golf (because buying lefty clubs was too expensive when I was a teenager I just used my dad’s clubs…. Also I’m an awful golfer). And I prefer to use scissors with my right hand

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (xT8gx)

253 I hope CBD has a picture of a lovely lady today, instead of a lardass on an ottoman.

I can see that just by looking in a mirror.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (Q0kLU)

254 245 USA Boxing to Allow Transgender Women (aka Men) to Box Against Actual Women

-
Well, ain't that a kick in the head?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (FVME7)

Can a "ball kick" be used to even the playing field?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

255 ... wait... did i miss a step in the thread? Are We The People seriously at the juncture where the newsgivers expect us to think eating food is a presidential accomplishment?

--

I'm guessing it happened around the same time that "I can hold down a job" or "I can pay my bills on time" meant the women saying it were high-value mates.

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (33ek6)

256 CAIR warns against backlash from next Friday's terror attack.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 09:30 AM (xVNBI)

257 Happy 2024, Horde. I'm determined to make it a good year in spite of everything.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 01, 2024 09:30 AM (+RQPJ)

258 And Happy Public Domain Day!

Stick a finger in Disney's eye by watching a free version of Steamboat Willie now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmzO--ox7X0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (GBKbO)

259 jill's dress. On a younger woman and without the sleeves needed to keep her dress up (saggy boobs won't do it) it wouldn't be so bad. On a 22 year old it might work.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (2NHgQ)

260 223
We need two things in 2024. We need Trump to win. It will be a hard battle, as he has to fight both (D) and (R) parties.
The second thing we need is a new, truly conservative party that has strict, enforcible ethics codes and is totally committed to MAGA.

Posted by: Tracy at January 01, 2024 09:22 AM (8O+Oe)
----
I agree 100%.
I don't really know politics but to my chagrin, Trump did nothing to either start a new party or relabel the R party, figuratively (in spirit) or literally, to something different. Also somehow we need to remove the power of the RNC as they are all RINOs.

Posted by: Ciampino - RINOs with no horns & thin skinned at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

261 253 I hope CBD has a picture of a lovely lady today, instead of a lardass on an ottoman.

I can see that just by looking in a mirror.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 01, 2024 09:29 AM (Q0kLU)

My little Chinese wife has back now. Well, it's edema from the liver failure. I guess 20+ lbs of extra fluid will do that do you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (ynpvh)

262 Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 09:30 AM (xVNBI)

--

G'rump, how did your FN work out? Mine is a great shooter but looks horrible. I'm pretty sure it was spray painted at one point. I'm probably not going to refinish it because it's only original once, but dang what an ugly gun for such a nice piece.

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:32 AM (33ek6)

263 Owwwww! My tummy hurts!
Posted by: Adm R. Levine

You're not supposed to eat them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*******

I didn't. I stuffed it into my vagin...

...oh, I think I may see the problem

Posted by: Adm R. Levine at January 01, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

264 jill's dress. On a younger woman and without the sleeves needed to keep her dress up (saggy boobs won't do it) it wouldn't be so bad. On a 22 year old it might work.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (2NHgQ)

Saggy Boobs Rule!

Posted by: Men's Room Wall at January 01, 2024 09:32 AM (R/m4+)

265 /midlife gender crisis sock off

Posted by: Muldoon at January 01, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

266 (tries to recall Melania wearing inappropriate for her age clothing)

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:33 AM (33ek6)

267 "I've been eating everything that's put in front of me,' Biden said."

As Dr Jill spoon feeds him exclaiming, "Airplane!!"
Posted by: davidt
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Good Joe. You made all-gone.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2024 09:33 AM (Dm8we)

268 258 And Happy Public Domain Day!

Stick a finger in Disney's eye by watching a free version of Steamboat Willie now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmzO--ox7X0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (GBKbO)

Will someone make a "Steamboat Willie: Serial Killer" version like was done for Winnie the Pooh?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:33 AM (ynpvh)

269 257 Happy 2024, Horde. I'm determined to make it a good year in spite of everything.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Every year of my life, I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful. Like Tawny Kitaen and a plate of sauerbraten.

Posted by: T. Servo at January 01, 2024 09:34 AM (vFG9F)

270 Navaho Indians Attempt to Claim Ownership of the Moon, Delay Vulcan Launch

Spock hardest hit.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:34 AM (Rbu5d)

271 256 CAIR warns against backlash from next Friday's terror attack.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 01, 2024 09:30 AM (xVNBI)
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Yikes, we better replace all those bullets we fired next Friday then.

Posted by: Ciampino - Time Cops at January 01, 2024 09:34 AM (qfLjt)

272 Robert Spencer: "What exactly do our contemporary public buildings reflect?"

One word: "Brutalism."

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 01, 2024 09:35 AM (Rbu5d)

273 Happy New Year, everyone! 2024 is looking up here in the land of Rev. May blessings be the norm for you all in the coming year.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 01, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)

274 266 (tries to recall Melania wearing inappropriate for her age clothing)

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:33 AM (33ek6)
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She's so good looking that anything she wears looks good.

Posted by: Ciampino - Which man cares about clothes at January 01, 2024 09:37 AM (qfLjt)

275 Can't show "Steamboat Willie" unless it's edited: Tobacco use.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:37 AM (ynpvh)

276 274 266 (tries to recall Melania wearing inappropriate for her age clothing)

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 09:33 AM (33ek6)
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She's so good looking that anything she wears looks good.

Posted by: Ciampino - Which man cares about clothes at January 01, 2024 09:37 AM (qfLjt)

There was that time she WASN'T wearing any clothing...but I suppose it was appropriate for her age then.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:37 AM (ynpvh)

277 NOOD ART (no lardass on an ottoman)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 01, 2024 09:38 AM (ynpvh)

278 I guess if Xi thinks his bought-and-paid-for personal President Biden might lose to PDJT, he has every incentive to invade before the election

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2024 09:39 AM (klgQg)

279 245 USA Boxing to Allow Transgender Women (aka Men) to Box Against Actual Women

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Well, ain't that a kick in the head?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 09:28 AM (FVME7)
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Well that would kick boxing .... just saying

Posted by: Ciampino - How about Transex women? at January 01, 2024 09:42 AM (qfLjt)

280 Just for you. MPPPP

Here is a picture of a lovely woman by Renoir:

http://tinyurl.com/bdf48su5

Please consider doing yourself a kindness for the New Year. When. a negative thought about pops in your mind (ie. That you're supposedly a lard@$$) replace it with a positive one such as "I'm going to exercise every day a little bit" or "I'm going to stop eating sugar " combined with " I am a smart man and I have a talent for writing." Be kind to yourself
because you are precious to yourself and others and to God

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 09:48 AM (DfWVu)

281 There’s the checkered flag! Hit the gas, Cale!

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2024 09:48 AM (NxC5+)

282 Get off the track, Sheckie!

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2024 09:49 AM (NxC5+)

283 jill's dress. On a younger woman and without the sleeves needed to keep her dress up (saggy boobs won't do it) it wouldn't be so bad. On a 22 year old it might work.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2024 09:31 AM (2NHgQ)

Damn, she looks hot in that dress!!

Posted by: H. Biden at January 01, 2024 09:55 AM (iODuv)

284 Jill dresses so poorly even Sam Brinton wouldn't steal her clothes.
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@amuse @amuse 2h
BAGGAGE: Biden’s former top nuclear expert has escaped jail time for his crimes and is still allowed to fly in the US despite a real risk he will steal your luggage.

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 1h
It's going to be hard for him to find a good relationship. He has a lot of baggage.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 01, 2024 09:56 AM (2yu8s)

285 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 09:48 AM (DfWVu

Meant "You are precious to others and God." Your depression seems to take its toll on you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 10:00 AM (RSbhh)

286 it.usembassy.gov/
faces-of-kremlin
-propaganda-margarita-simonyan/
THIS is hilarious.
from earlier submission
& is.gd REJECTS this URL,
only way I can "save", like Final Word
of clip "help"
https://archive.is/QXGmb

Posted by: zigzag at January 01, 2024 10:17 AM (6x+9x)

287 nood

Posted by: vic at January 01, 2024 10:27 AM (A5THL)

288 Thanks, J.J. Happy New Year to one and all! 🌟🤗

Posted by: L - They don't need to outrun the bear. They only need to outrun us - for now at January 01, 2024 10:39 AM (GshMh)

289 Just when you think things will stay the same, they don't.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 08:04 AM (3qE2b)

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2024 12:32 PM (9zcRq)

290 "When you combine horror stories like this one with: range anxiety that pops up any time the weather isn’t perfect; the lack of charging infrastructure; the unreliability of the infrastructure that does exist; the non-recyclability of the battery materials; the increasing restrictions on charging due to the massive load EVs place on the grid; and all the other significant issues EV makers have yet to address, you see an industry that is almost doomed to failure before it really gets up and running."

The One Simple Reason Electric Vehicles are Doomed to Fail

Failure is a feature, not a bug. The WEF and Deep State want the auto industry to collapse, because of the future goal of people owning nothing and being happy. The dirty little secret is that the WEF and Deep State have never intended to have a full EV future. They have always intended to have a 15-minute city future where everyone either walks, rides a bike or takes public transportation. They went to convert Western civilization to China.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2024 04:30 PM (AaCDb)

291 “And, frankly, the strategy that these red state governors have had of sending a lot of these migrants up to blue states has worked from a political perspective.”

XiNN Woefully Notes That GOP Govs Busing Illegal Immigrants to Democrat-Run Cities "Has Worked From a Political Perspective"

How has it worked from a political perspective? Or any perspective at all, for that matter.

From a political perspective, all DeSantis and Abbott have achieved is joining Biden in participating in human trafficking. In addition, they are sending military age men, criminals, people infected with who knows what diseases all over the country.

This does not help the USA in any way. What each of them should be doing is immediately sending every one of these illegal aliens back to their countries of origin. Instead, they are spending taxpayer money to traffic terrorists, criminals, diseased people and potential left-wing militants all over the country. Because just because they are being sent to blue cities does not mean they will actually stay there.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2024 04:47 PM (AaCDb)

292 Russell Kirk’s ideas are completely wrong imo. We can have a society that relies on moral upright people to exist. The people will determine what is moral and upright. A government is completely different. If the government relies on John Jay’s Best Men to operate morally, we will have a government that collapses from corruption. I believe a government must be structured to operate correctly no matter what sort of people hold the turns of power. In the case of the US, one of the main structural problems is that the citizens have no say in government except for voting. In nearly 100% of cases brought to court, citizens have no standing. There are no referendums. Checks and Balances are a complete joke. In short, this is not a Limited Government by any stretch of the imagination.

Posted by: JackWayne at January 02, 2024 10:20 AM (iszUt)

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